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All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... the JP Morgan Global Composite PMI's report lead header when it reported the headline index rose to a reading of 54 in October from 53.9 in September. This marked the 61st month that the index signalled expansion as both the manufacturing and services ...

LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... Affluence Funds Management's LIC Fund invests purely in ASX listed investment companies (LICs), holding 31 LICs at the end of October. Affluence Funds Management chief executive Daryl Wilson said the reason the fund is reopening to wholesale investors ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... This outlook is consistent with the NAB business survey that showed business conditions hit an all-tome record high in October and business confidence remaining above its long-term average (+8 versus +6). The latest AiG performance of manufacturing index's ...

DomaCom unitholders approve new trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... the capability to introduce crowdfunded mortgage backed loans. The fractional property investment platform announced in October that it had appointed Melbourne Securities Corporation (MCS) as its new trustee/responsible entity, replacing Perpetual Trust ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... rate is down to a 17-year low of 4.1% in September from 6.7% in February 2014 and the 26-year high of 9.9% recorded in October 2009. But inflation, as she acknowledged, remains below the Fed's 2.0% target. The core PCE price deflator - the Fed's favoured ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... having a ball" is now playing in my head and I'm tempted to repeat Yale economist, Irving Fisher's statement way back in October 1929: "Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." A few weeks later, the market tumbled: "Black ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... Short-term pain for long-term gain in achieving the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China's (18 - 24 October 2017) goal of building a "moderately prosperous society", eradicating poverty by 2021 and becoming a developed nation by 204 ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Quo vadis inflation? The minutes of the Fed's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting revealed Yellen & Co's continued confusion over the unresponsiveness of consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... Michigan consumer confidence index slowed to a reading of 97.8 in November, this was from the 13-year high print of 100.7 in October's final estimate. The current conditions index also weakened to 113.6 but not before rising to a 17-year of 116.5 in ...

Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... Separately, MLC Life recently announced base premium rates for retail life insurance policies will remain on hold until October next year. This affects MLC Insurance, MLC Insurance Super, Protectionfirst, Personal Protection Portfolio and Life Cover ...